Free Screening: “Battle Royale”

The Japan Society of New Orleans screens an infamous dystopian thriller.

As part of its Japan Cinema Series, the Japan Society of New Orleans and the Charitable Film Network present a screening of director Kinji Fukasaku’s Battle Royale (2000) at Café Istanbul. The dystopian thriller centers around a deadly game, in which middle-school students are forced by the government to fight to the death.